Gordon Craig World Cup 2026 player profile
Gordon Craig is listed for Scotland as a Goalkeeper. Kickoff Lens uses caps, goals, career context, role, and team strength to explain how this player can affect fixture reads.
Deep player read
Gordon Craig is currently classified as a important rotation/core goalkeeper: established international, goal-prevention profile, and strong aerial frame. This is a derived Kickoff Lens profile built from the public squad fields, not a private scouting report.
- established international; 84 caps and 0 international goals are used as stable public career context.
- important rotation/core player in this data package, ranked 8 by impact inside the Scotland squad and 1 among goalkeeper entries.
- goal-prevention profile; strong aerial frame.
- The match model uses this profile through role, experience, impact score, and team context rather than treating the player as a standalone model context.
Player signal
| Team | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Role | Goalkeeper · GK |
| Caps | 84 |
| International goals | 0 |
| Impact score | 76 |
| Squad impact rank | 8 |
| Role impact rank | 1 |
| Role profile | important rotation/core · goal-prevention profile |
Model context
The player impact score is not a standalone rating. It is one input inside the contextual match model, alongside squad depth, team radar, venue adaptation, travel/rest load, and group pressure.
Match questions
- Can the player keep the defensive floor stable in high-variance moments?
- Does the player improve the rotation floor without becoming the central dependency?
- Does aerial size matter against the next opponent's set-piece and crossing profile?
Archive context
| Team power score | 69 |
|---|---|
| Team FIFA live rank | 42 |
| Group path | C |
| Squad size in archive | 26 |
| Squad average caps | 37 |
Scotland fixtures
- Haiti vs ScotlandFinished 0-1 · Jun 14, 09:00 · Boston (Foxborough)
- Scotland vs MoroccoFinished 0-1 · Jun 20, 06:00 · Boston (Foxborough)
- Scotland vs BrazilFinished 0-3 · Jun 25, 06:00 · Miami (Miami Gardens)
Related teammates
- Mcginn JohnMidfielder · impact 96
- Mctominay ScottMidfielder · impact 96
- Adams CheForward · impact 94
- Dykes LyndonForward · impact 92
- Robertson AndyDefender · impact 91
- Christie RyanMidfielder · impact 88
- Mclean KennyMidfielder · impact 84
- Hanley GrantDefender · impact 76
Related pages
- World Cup 2026 data libraryTeams, players, matches, venues, and model explainers in one crawlable archive.
- Scotland team radarFull squad, team strengths, and fixture list.
- All player profilesBrowse the World Cup 2026 player library.
- Discovery hubEvery team, match, venue, and tournament page.